Käthe Kollwitz

German · 1867–1945 · Painter, Printmaker

Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the… (Wikipedia)

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Kindergericht (Children's Court)
Drawing
13 x 6.5 in
Sloans & Kenyon · Apr 20, 2022 · Lot 175
$200≈ £153≈ €185HammerSign up free to seeEst. $200–300View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
The Sweat of thy Brow
Etching · Paper
plate size: 32 by 46cm; 45,5 by 58 by 3cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Mar 14, 2022 · Lot 132
ZAR 32,830≈ $2,180≈ £1,669≈ €1,989Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 20,000–30,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Selbstbildnis, 1924
Lithograph · Paper
29 × 22,5 cm
Grisebach · Mar 6, 2022 · Lot 2076
€7,375≈ $8,060≈ £6,113Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €3,000–View at Grisebach ↗
Moeder met kind
Lithograph · Paper
H 48 x B 36 cm
Twents Veilinghuis · Jan 6, 2022 · Lot 1257
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Grabrelief (Ruht im Frieden seiner Hände), 1935/1936
Sculpture · ed. 1958/1959
Height 35 cm
Lempertz · Dec 4, 2021 · Lot 174
€10,000≈ $11,291≈ £8,505Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €10,000–12,000View at Lempertz ↗
Mutter schützt ihr Kind II, 1941
Sculpture
Height 18.4 cm
Lempertz · Dec 4, 2021 · Lot 175
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Die Klage, 1938/1941
Sculpture · ed. 1942/1943
Height 27 cm
Lempertz · Dec 4, 2021 · Lot 176
€62,500≈ $70,569≈ £53,155Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €10,000–12,000View at Lempertz ↗
Mutter gebt von eurem Uberflub 1926, 1926
Lithograph · ed. 81/255
49.0 x 37.7 cm (sheet)
Menzies · Sep 23, 2021 · Lot 27
A$2,231≈ $1,622≈ £1,184≈ €1,385Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$2,000–4,000View at Menzies ↗
Kleines Selbstbildnis nach links, 1922
Lithograph · Paper
St. ca. 19 x 13 cm, Bl. 38 x 29,7 cm
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Sep 18, 2021 · Lot 306
€360≈ $424≈ £307HammerSign up free to seeEst. €100–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
Liebespaar – Sich umschlingendes Paar
Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021 · Lot 100
CHF 480,000≈ $517,296≈ £374,852≈ €439,131HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 200,000–View at Kornfeld ↗

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About Käthe Kollwitz

Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class. Her early work was realistic, but became freer in later years. Kollwitz was the first woman not only to be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts but also to receive honorary professor status.

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In museum collections

Beggars, 1924
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0
Bettelnde (Begging), 1924
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0
Self-Portrait at the Table (Selbstbildnis am Tisch), probably 1893
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0
Bread (Brot), 1924
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0